Next Monday will be interesting, as I am presenting at the SDC Open day alongside Devtest CEO, Sarah Richey.

Here’s the blurb from the Microsoft site.

In challenging economic times, software development projects that are critical enablers to achieving business goals, will be looked at favorably and expected to deliver the results with a high degree of certainty. At the SDC open day, Microsoft’s own software development arm the Solutions Development Center (SDC) will present and share with you its formula to achieving certainty and success in project delivery.

You will hear from the SDC project teams on how they apply agile planning and development processes to deliver the right solution. How metrics-driven project management is used to keep the project on track. How daily builds and deployments help to maintain the project “heart-beat”, and how the SDC incorporates unit testing and automated testing into the process to ensure ongoing quality. .

You will also learn how Microsoft development tools and technologies are put to use throughout the software development lifecycle to enhance individual and team productivity.

Finally, you’ll have the opportunity to step inside the SDC facility and learn how the workspace is used to promote innovation, team collaboration and knowledge sharing.

I only have 10 minutes so it will be a “short and sweet” session, and attendance has closed, but there will be ~130 people in attendance.